Chapter 533: Migration Under the Threat of the Dead
Just when the main force of the Breaking Army launched an attack on the Rouran clan and its subordinate clans, Xue Rengui and Di Qing's two soldiers and horses also converged, and then they went straight to the royal court of the Wuheng clan.
At this time, the total strength of Xue Rengui and Di Qing had swelled to 1.1 million, and after these two soldiers and horses defeated the pursuers of a grassland coalition army respectively, they each destroyed many tribes of various tribes in the grassland and added a lot of new soldiers.
Although the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan and Xirong tribes planned to organize more armies to encircle and suppress the soldiers and horses of Xue Rengui and Di Qing, the two broken armies that went deep into the grassland, but the four tribe armies that were ready to participate in the encirclement and suppression had not yet completed their assembly, and the main force of the grassland coalition army in Qudeng City was disbanded, and the encirclement and suppression plan of the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan and Xirong armies was immediately in vain, so now Xue Rengui and Di Qing are strong soldiers and horses.
And the Wuheng clan and the Shatuo clan who are attached to the Wuheng clan, this time they joined the grassland coalition army, and gathered a total of 300,000 cavalry, which has been almost all the Wuheng and Shatuo tribes have come together, the previous two major battles against the broken army, the Wuheng clan and the Shatuo clan all participated in it, which made them lose a lot of money in the first two times, and this time they can also make up 300,000 cavalry, which is really not easy.
At the time of the dissolution of the grassland coalition this time, only 150,000 of the 200,000 cavalry of the Wuheng tribe remained, and only 70,000 of the 100,000 cavalry of the Shatuo tribe remained.
Originally, Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha hoped that the remaining 70,000 cavalry of the Shatuo tribe would temporarily withdraw to the Wuheng royal court with the 150,000 Wuheng cavalry to jointly deal with the possible attack of the Wuheng tribe in the future, but the great khan of the Shatuo tribe refused to lead the 70,000 cavalry of the Shatuo tribe to the Wuheng royal court first on the grounds that his heart was like an arrow.
Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha has no way to do this, after all, the royal court of the Shatuo tribe has just suffered a catastrophe, if it were not for the cavalry troops of the Xianbei tribe and the Khitan tribe to help the Shatuo tribe take back the royal court from the hands of the broken army, the Shatuo Great Khan is equivalent to being homeless, and now the Shatuo Great Khan is in a hurry to rush back to the royal court of the Shatuo tribe, which is also understandable.
However, without the help of the cavalry of the Shatuo tribe, Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha's heart was even less confident in facing the Broken Army, and he learned that the two cavalry of the Broken Army, which was restless day and night in the grassland, converged together, and came straight to the Wuheng royal court with great momentum, Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha immediately gathered the four kings of the Wuheng clan, that is, his four most important sons.
"The million-strong army of the Broken Army is coming, you tell me, where should our Wuheng clan go?" Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha said with a gloomy face to Wuheng Zuoxian King Tulai, Right Xianwang Minsu, Zuoyi King Duotuotai and Right Yi King Timur.
Zuoxian Wang Tulai then said in a deep voice: "Father Khan, now the 200,000 cavalry that our Wuheng clan has finally gathered have only withdrawn 150,000, and these 150,000 cavalry are almost all the strength of our Wuheng tribe. It's hard for our Wuheng clan to resist the million cavalry troops of the Broken Army! ”
Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha smiled bitterly and said: "This Great Khan also knows that our Wuheng clan cannot resist the million-strong army of the Broken Army, so what should our Wuheng clan do now?" ”
Youxian Wang Minsu said: "Hard fighting is absolutely not possible, only to avoid its edge, our Wuheng clan quickly evacuate this grassland, to avoid the upcoming million cavalry troops of the Broken Army." ”
Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha sighed and said: "If you want to move the entire Wuheng clan away, how easy is it! The million-strong army of the Broken Army will soon enter the territory of our Wuheng tribe, and there are more than 200 tribes of our Wuheng tribe, large and small, where is there time to migrate! ”
Zuoxian Wang Tulai immediately followed and said: "Father Khan, at this time, in order to prevent our Wuheng tribe from being in danger of death, we can only make a trade-off, anyway, several big tribes of our Wuheng tribe are near the royal court, as long as our Wuheng royal court and these big tribes can maintain their vitality, our Wuheng tribe has the capital to continue to survive on the grassland, and if it is moved, the royal court and some of the old and weak women and children of several large tribes must also be abandoned." ”
Youxian Wang Minsu nodded quickly and said, "Big brother is right, in the face of the threat of the dead clan, we must make a trade-off!" ”
The Left King Duototai and the Right King Timur also nodded, agreeing with the suggestion of the Left King Tulai.
After pondering for a long time, Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha said bitterly: "It seems that apart from this method, our Wuheng clan has no way out!" ”
After a pause, Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha said: "Tell the news of the imminent migration of our Wuheng tribe to the Great Khan of the Shatuo tribe, if the Shatuo tribe is willing, you can leave this grassland with our Wuheng tribe and find a place away from the broken army to settle down again." ”
When Xue Rengui and Di Qing, the cavalry troops of the broken army, arrived at the Wuheng Royal Court, although no one from the Wuheng Royal Court went to the empty building, the army of the Wuheng tribe, as well as the young and strong, as well as some young women and children, all left under the leadership of Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha, and there were only some old and weak women and children left in the Wuheng Royal Court, most of whom were still slaves.
Soon after, Xue Rengui and Di Qing found that several large tribes of the Wuheng tribe near the Wuheng Royal Court were also in the same situation as the Wuheng Royal Court, and they learned from the Wuheng people who stayed behind that the Wuheng Royal Court and the people who left several large tribes had moved away, and the Wuheng Royal Court and the remaining old and young women and children of several large tribes, and even the other more than 200 tribes of the Wuheng tribe, were all abandoned.
Xue Rengui discussed with Di Qing, and did not send troops to continue to pursue the migration team of the Wuheng tribe, but divided the troops and began to receive this grassland of the Wuheng tribe and occupy all the tribes of the Wuheng tribe in this grassland.
In addition, Di Qing also personally led the 360,000 cavalry of the three cavalry brigades of the grassland army to march to the territory of the Shatuo tribe.
However, to Di Qing's surprise, he led the three supernumerary cavalry brigades of the Prairie Legion, and after entering the territory of the Shatuo tribe, he found that all the tribes of the Shatuo tribe had already left.
It turned out that Shatuo Khan took 70,000 Shatuo cavalry and rushed back to the Shatuo royal court, facing the tragic situation of the Shatuo royal court, he couldn't help but cry, the original Shatuo royal court with a population of more than 300,000 people, there were less than 200,000 people left, and almost all of them were old and young women and children, and there was no one left of the young and strong men.
When Xue Rengui led his troops to capture the Shatuo Royal Court, he killed a lot of people, and even killed not one of the adult men in the nobles of the Shatuo Royal Court, and incorporated the remaining young and strong men in the Shatuo Royal Court, whether they were herdsmen or slaves, into the army, which made the Shatuo Royal Court reduce the population by more than 100,000 at once.
Shatuo Khan also knew that although the grassland alliance was disbanded this time, it did not mean that the war was over, and the Broken Army was likely to retaliate against some nomads who participated in the Grassland Alliance, and the grassland where the Shatuo tribe lived was not far from the Beiting Protectorate of the Broken Army, and the Shatuo tribe was likely to be in the revenge list of the Broken Army.
Shatuo Great Khan and the two kings of the Shatuo tribe discussed it, and decided to move away dozens of tribes of the Shatuo tribe in order to avoid the retaliation of the broken army, and the Shatuo Khan and the two kings also made a decision, that is, to abandon the strategic alliance with the Wuheng tribe and switch to other grassland powerhouses, and also set the target on the Khitan tribe.
Immediately, dozens of tribes of the Shatuo tribe gave up everything that was not easy to take away, and embarked on a long migration road under the leadership of the Shatuo Khan.
In any case, Xue Rengui and Di Qing fulfilled the order given by Liu Ji and occupied all the grasslands where the Wuheng and Shatuo tribes lived, so that the land of the Beiting Duhufu expanded to the east by more than one million square kilometers.
As the Breaker Army occupied the territory of the Wuheng and Shatuo tribes, the Donghu tribe suddenly became nervous, because further east of the grassland where the Wuheng and Shatuo tribes lived, there were pastures of many tribes of the Donghu tribe.
However, Liu Ji did not order Xue Rengui and Di Qing to continue to advance to the territory of the Donghu tribe, after all, the grassland where the Wuheng tribe and the Shatuo tribe lived was annexed, and the area was very large, which was enough for the army to digest for a long time, not to mention that after Liu Ji destroyed the Rouran tribe and its affiliated tribes, he put his mind on the nomads who did not join the grassland alliance between the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate and the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate.
Although after conquering the grassland where the Rouran tribe and its affiliated tribes lived, the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate and the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate have been connected together, but there are several nomadic tribes who are not attached to the grassland, and the current nine major tribes are still in the middle of the two metropolitan protectorates, including the Gu Du tribe and the Louling tribe, these two nomads whose strength ranks in the third echelon on the grassland, and the other seven nomads who rank in the fourth echelon in the grassland.
On August 14, 429 of the Great Jin Dynasty, after the Rouran tribe surrendered to the Breaker Army, Liu Ji issued an order to attack the Gudu and Louling tribes, as well as seven other small tribes.
Soon, the seven small clans sandwiched between the two major capital protectorates were easily captured by the Broken Army, and only the Gu Du Clan and the Louling Clan brought a lot of trouble to the Broken Army.
Gu Du and Lou Ling have been intermarried for generations, and the relationship is very close, in the face of the invasion of the Broken Army, the two tribes immediately united to resist the Broken Army, the two tribes together organized more than 400,000 cavalry, and the Gu Du and Lou Ling are very clear that the strength of their two clans is counted, and they are not the opponents of the Broken Army, so the cavalry of the two tribes did not start a decisive battle with the army of the Broken Army, but chose to fight with the invading army of the Broken Army, and launched a guerrilla war, and even the Gu Du and Lou Ling tribes in order to avoid the edge of the Broken Army, Even the royal courts of the two clans moved away to prevent the Breaker Army from directly attacking the Yellow Dragon.
This made the Broken Army unable to subdue the Gu Du and Lou Ling tribes for a while, and the more than one million troops of the main force of the Broken Army were suddenly trapped in the grassland where the Gu Du and Lou Ling tribes lived.
On September 3, in a huge felt bag in the original Rouran Royal Court, Liu Ji frowned and said to the five Wenchen under his command: "The cavalry of the Gu Du clan and the Louling clan, if you fight guerrilla warfare with our Broken Army today, it is equivalent to containing more than one million troops of our Broken Army, which seriously affects the follow-up plan of our Broken Army, what are your good ideas about this?" ”
At this time, the five Wenchen in the felt bag were Zhang Liang, Jia Xu, Fang Xuanling, Li Ru and Chen Gong, and the other Wenchen did not follow Liu Ji to the Rouran Palace, and the follow-up plan that Liu Ji said was that he was ready to recover some interest from the Xianbei clan.
Zhang Liang then said: "Lord, although the Gu Du clan and the Louling clan have even moved away from the royal court, but the grassland where the two clans are located has been completely surrounded by the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate and the Northern Courtyard Imperial Protectorate, even if the royal courts of the two clans are relocated, they can't do without this grassland, as long as we can find the royal court of the Gu Du clan and the Louling clan on that grassland, then the cavalry of these two clans, even if they don't want to have a head-on battle with our captive army, they can't do it, unless they are willing to give up even the royal court." ”
Jia Xu, Fang Xuanling, Li Ru and Chen Gong also nodded, thinking that finding the royal court of the Gu Du clan and the Louling clan was the fastest way to solve these two clans.
Liu Ji touched his chin and said, "This is a solution, but the grassland where the Gu Du clan and the Louling clan are located is not small, and it is not so easy to find the royal court of the two clans." ”
At this time, Jia Xu said: "Lord, leave the matter of finding the royal courts of these two clans to us Heishuitai!" ”
"Okay, you Heishuitai will find out the royal court of the Gu Du clan and the Louling clan as soon as possible." Liu Ji nodded and said.
"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely find out the location of the royal courts of these two clans within seven days!" Jia Xu said confidently.
Liu Ji said again: "Although some people of the Wuheng tribe and the Shatuo tribe have migrated away, the grassland where the two tribes live has fallen into the hands of our Broken Army, and after our Broken Army controlled the grassland of the Wuheng Tribe and the Shatuo Tribe, the Donghu Tribes have become neighbors with our Broken Army, do you say that our Broken Army will continue to attack the Donghu Tribe?" ”
Zhang Liang shook his head and said: "Lord, it is not recommended for subordinates to continue to attack the territory of the Donghu tribe, with the strength of our Broken Army, there is no problem in capturing the territory of the entire Donghu Tribe, but after capturing the territory of the Donghu Tribe, the Xiongnu will become the neighbors of our Broken Army, then our Broken Army is on the grassland, which is equivalent to having two extremely powerful neighbors, one is the Xiongnu and the other is the Xianbei Tribe, the strength of these two Hu people ranks in the top two among the many Hu people in the grassland, Once these two clans unite and do their best to make our captives enemies, the pressure on our captives will be great! ”